Steam Generator:
- Pre-fitted Gen 2 steam generator system featuring an optical sensor for accurate chuff rate synchronised with the wheel speed. Steam output is created using piezo element technology. This is a cold water-based system (no heating element).
- Water reservoir large enough for 20 minutes of continuous steam running
- Adjustable steam output settings via the decoder
Electronics:
- Pre-fitted 21-Pin HM7000 decoder and speaker. Compatible with NMRA DCC controllers and HM7000 system
- HM7000 Power Bank compatible
DCC Sound:
- Pre-installed Merchant Navy sound profile for accurate locomotive sounds, synchronised with the chuff rate and steam effect.
- Assembled using live recordings of Merchant Navy locomotives
- Tender speaker
Livery:
- BR Lined Green with ‘Cycling Lion’ early emblem on tender
- Clan Line etched nameplates
- Semi-gloss finish
- Accurate colours and fonts
- Era 4
Hornby recommends:
- BR Tavern Cars
History
Thirty of Bulleid’s three-cylinder ‘Merchant Navy’ Class were built at Eastleigh in three batches between 1941 and 1949. No. 35028 was one of the last batch, ordered by the Southern Railway just prior to nationalisation in 1948 and therefore completed under British Railways. No. 35028 was finished in December 1948, including the newer, wedge-shape cab fronts from new.
Rebuilt from air-smoothed condition in 1959, ‘Clan Line’ was allocated to Nine Elms and hauled prestigious expresses such as the ‘Bournemouth Belle’ and ‘Atlantic Coast Express’. Retired in July 1967, the locomotive is preserved by the Merchant Navy Locomotive Society and regularly hauls trains on the main line.
